The Reality of the FURRIES Act, Wolf (2021), and Therian Conversion Abuse
I made this video back when the FURRIES Act was still being deliberated on, but was too scared to post it until now due to the way my past attempts at talking about these issues and bringing attention to otherkin politically have gone. Especially on Tumblr. But if not now, when?
When I posted as @flock-of-changes I ended up burning out and leaving alterhuman community out of trauma, because when I tried to speak out against depictions of therian conversion abuse, I was told I was "fearmongering" and "not to draw attention" to otherkin. But the reality is that I've already been a victim of conversion abuse much like in the movie, and other kin/therians have been through juvenile detention, psychiatric institutionalization, ABA, and more for similar reasons. We are the people who already exist that this is actually about, and we need to build community supports NOW to prevent any more of us becoming further victimized without any support. Because they will come for you, too. No amount of respectability, academia, whiteness, sanity, or avoidance of this issue will save us.
But rather than just lecturing people, I want to tell my story as much as I can manage. I want to tell you all what my reality of being a therian in a proto-Alt-Right Christofascist household was like, and what these people who say "if you're an animal, i'll treat you like one" really mean when they say that. They were never "just trolls." It was always a promise.
Here's the Bluesky thread where I posted this video and other comments as well, if folks feel inclined to re-doot and like it there as well: https://bsky.app/profile/lovequeer.bsky.social/post/3lu2373sets2h
This isn't about being right, anymore. It's about protecting the most vulnerable of us NOW. No more hiding. No more denial. No more "this isn't really about us."
It IS about us -- what are you going to do about it?
What can we do now objectively though like genuinely asking
I want you to know I've been chewing on this for a while and am just dealing with a lot of barriers to giving you the fullest answer id like to. Mainly my own chronic pain. But this is a good question, you aren't the only one who's asked me, and it deserves an answer.
The Very Short reply for now though, is that we need in-person connection and community for alterhumans of all kinds. Not only that, but it needs to be in coalition with queer and BIPOC people and communities from jump. That is not and can never be seen as optional. White supremacy got us here and we will never get out without genuinely gutting that out of every corner it hides and festers in. We make ourselves known as people who have hide, fur, and fin in the game and want to fight for the whole cause as part of it. not the center of it, and not none of it.
I'll chew on this and do my best to elaborate more soon.
